Humpbacks return to the Inside Passage Jun 7, 2018

Humpbacks return to the Inside Passage

Humpback whales are found in virtually all the world’s oceans, though they don’t swim in the extra-cold waters of the Arctic. This pod is breaching the surface of Lynn Canal in the Alaska portion of the Inside Passage, where the whales return in summer for the feeding season after sensibly wintering in warmer tropical waters.

© John Hyde/plainpicture

palette

Today in History

Jun 7, 2019Holey moley–it’s National Doughnut Day!
Jun 7, 2020A hermitage with a view
Jun 7, 2021Dressed to impress
Jun 7, 2022Haaga Rhododendron Park
Jun 7, 2023Chaco Culture National Historical Park, New Mexico
Jun 7, 2024World Oceans Day
Jun 7, 2025National Trails Day

More Desktop Wallpapers:

Sep 14, 2024Rapa Nui National Park, Easter Island, Chile
Nov 17, 2020Take a hike near Lovers Lane
Dec 24, 2025Christmas Eve
Oct 1, 2023Lake Bled, Slovenia
Sep 4, 2025Grizzly bears in Alaska for National Wildlife Day
Oct 30, 2024Edinburgh Castle, Scotland
May 17, 2020My my, it s Syttende Mai
Apr 3, 2019Dark skies over New Mexico
Mar 1, 2021Gazing upon Portraits of Change
Jul 16, 2018Instant romance
Mar 2, 2018Satellite image of sand and seaweed in the Bahamas
Mar 9, 2019Let the harvest begin
Apr 28, 2019A good time in the Badlands
Jul 10, 2021Celestial Spain
Feb 24, 2018A red fox on the Swiss side of the Jura Mountain range
Mar 8, 2026Daylight Saving Time
Mar 28, 2018Great Salt Lake Shorelands Preserve in Layton, Utah
Oct 1, 2022Yosemite National Park turns 132
Sep 12, 2023North Sea at sunset, Norddorf, Germany
Sep 25, 2018Walking among the giants
Feb 10, 2019Groovy!
Apr 20, 2023Juniper Springs, Florida
Jul 28, 2023San Blas Islands, Panama
Dec 14, 2020I see one!
Feb 22, 2022Twosday
Feb 2, 2021Did it see its shadow?
Aug 4, 2022Satla marshland in Bangladesh
Jun 27, 2019The roots of invention
Dec 22, 2023Ljubljana, Slovenia
Dec 29, 2025St. Gregory Church in Ani Ruins, Kars, Türkiye